Empathy as Resistance is a project which explores how empathy can be employed for constructive, direct political and social action. We are not interested in a particular political option as a reason for action (however it might have political implications at the end). On this basis we want to establish an open working group which will meet five times in 2017 for research­-based programmes.

Each meeting of EaR will take a distinct, unique shape (possibly a workshop, lecture, action, collaborative creation or seminar, but ideally some mixture of all of these). While all activities will be open to the general public to attend, it is desired that a core group will participate in all of the sessions, building relationships with each other to establish cumulative knowledge.

EaR seeks facilitators from a wide spectrum of thought. In December 2016, Pixelache will open a call for proposals, which can be submitted online. Facilitators can be from abroad, Finland, Helsinki or even Pixelache itself, depending on the idea.

The content is kept open, to be an interpretation of the title of the project itsel -- ­ empathy as resistance --­ with each facilitator designing a practical and/or personal approach to it.

During or near the 2017 festival, there will be a larger session of EaR, integrated into the festival with several public interactions points, which will function as a presentation of the year’s research so far and an exploration of possible future avenues.

Empathy as Resistance is a discussion group that met during 2017 to focus on themes that are common within our process-based projects. During Pixelache Festival 2017 we held a special edition meeting, in a format of discussions, workshops and a community meal, open to all. The aim was to reflect on the questions raised during the discussions this year, and view them within the context of our practices.Here is a taster of our discussion. For our meetings we had been preparing questions that relate to the subjects of empathy as resistance. Some of these questions developed deeper, and some...

Empathy as Resistance is a discussion group that met during 2017 to focus on themes that are common within our process-based projects. During Pixelache Festival 2017 we held a special edition meeting, in a format of discussions, workshops and a community meal, open to all. The aim was to reflect on the questions raised during the discussions this year, and view them within the context of our practices. Here’s who we are: Karolina Kucia (b. 1978 in Poland)graduated as Master of Arts in 2004 from Poznan Art Academy, and studied Performance Art and Theory Studies in the Theater Academy in...

We've had a few questions about what we intend with this year's Empathy as Resistance project, so we're writing this post in an attempt to clarify matters. Structure: Empathy as Resistance will meet 4 or 5 times, roughly every two months, throughout 2017. One meeting will definitely occur during the 2017 Pixelache Festival in September, and because of the general festival atmosphere this meeting will likely be larger and more visible than the others. So the schedule might be something like: March meeting May meeting July meeting (or maybe not, cause, summer) September meeting [Pixelche...

Pixelache announces a new project for 2017,Empathy as Resistance, which will explore how empathy can be employed as a tool for political and social change. The project will take the form of a series of activities, each with a different focus and facilitator, unfolding across 2017 with the goal of building a semi-structured working group that remains open for all to participate in. We are taking proposals until1 February 2017for facilitators of this project. To apply, see theproposal form -- and please, spread the word!